Above the Drowning Sea

A documentary about Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who at a time when all doors were closed to them found sanctuary in Shanghai thanks to the intervention of Chinese diplomat Ho Feng Shan who as Chinese consul in Vienna defied the Nazis and his own government by issuing travel visas to the desperate refugees The film tells the story from the point of view of the refugees and the Chinese people who sheltered them In light of todays refugee crisis an inspiring poetic tale about two peoples who found common cause and dignity in a world in chaos